Blench v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blenched p. pr. & vb. n. Blenching.]
  1. To shrink; to start back; to draw back, from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail.
     Blench not at thy chosen lot.   --Bryant.
     This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfillment.   --Jeffrey.
  2. To fly off; to turn aside. [Obs.]
     Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.   --Shak.